- Published: 1 February 2022
- ISBN: 9781784743291
- Imprint: Chatto & Windus
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 416
- RRP: $40.00
Metaphysical Animals
How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life
- Published: 1 February 2022
- ISBN: 9781784743291
- Imprint: Chatto & Windus
- Format: Trade Paperback
- Pages: 416
- RRP: $40.00
Joyful... These four are enlivening companions... four glorious heroines, confident and curious, focused on the world and not on themselves
Spectator
Irresistible... Highly evocative... Bring[s] to life an important episode in intellectual history, and [has] made me again grateful that I was for a time a contemporary of these unforgettable women
Thomas Nagel, London Review of Books
Lively ... This fascinating work of historico-logico-feminism shows... how women fought their way on to the world stage of philosophy and turned its spotlight away from an analytical desert on to what was really important - moral clarity, wisdom and truth
John Walsh, Sunday Times
The narrative is of four brilliant women finding their voices, opposing received wisdom, and developing an alternative picture of human beings and their place in the world... To read this story is to be reminded...that the life of the mind can be as intense and eventful as friendship itself
Anil Gomes, Guardian
Lively and enlightening... the four heroines of this book were untimely... Metaphysical Animals is a portrait in intellectual courage
Jonathan Derbyshire, Financial Times
Terrific... A joyous story of four clever young women making their way in the world... A group biography that is both gossipy and gripping but also, like the women themselves, profoundly serious. A triumph
Kathryn Hughes, Mail on Sunday
A very entertaining read that manages to turn dry, intellectual gymnastics into a high-stakes spectator sport
Irish Times
Tell[s] a wonderful story of four brilliant women whose audaciously unfashionable thought (as well as their attentive teaching and mentorship) has changed the face of the discipline... A delightful story of love, friendship and eccentricity
Cathy Mason, Literary Review